...Nana Arthur-Mensah Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe one advanced manufacturing company’s efforts to build a channel of skilled workforce by developing an apprenticeship programme with high schools. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative case study approach, the authors...

... by making employee x deliver on a promise to arrive on time. Training Online Performance appraisals Employee Development Planning Employee performance management National Career Service Standalone QCF awards Apprenticeships Functional skills Employability programmes Between 2005, when...

...Martyn Sloman Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review apprenticeship policy in the UK and to present examples of good practice. Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes the form of a review of three cases. Findings – Apprenticeships are not an easy...

.... This complete process allows participants to learn new skills, new attitudes or even entirely new ways of thinking. The four phases of the learning cycle can be seen in Figure 1 . Experiential learning Organizational performance Apprenticeships United Kingdom For the past 70 years...

...Des Monk; Cliff Olsson Purpose This paper aims to examine the two year Modern Apprenticeship undertaken by trainees in the English professional football industry. Design/methodology/approach In the first round of this three‐year project representatives of seven English clubs were...

... education and vocational training policies. Design/methodology/approach The paper chronicles relations between the Scottish Executive vis‐à‐vis its education and vocational training policies and Scotland's electrical sector regarding the funding (or otherwise) of apprenticeships...

...Des Monk Presents some interim results, by way of an attempt to evaluate the football industry’s Modern Apprenticeship scheme, which was introduced in 1998. Theoretical context is provided by the debate between advocates of human capital theory as opposed to those favouring screening theory...

...Stephen Billett Examines the acquisition of vocational skills through apprenticeship‐type situated learning. Presents findings from studies of skilled workers revealing that learning processes that were consonant with the apprenticeship model of learning were highly valued as a means of acquiring...